When asked what the next president should do in order to repair our damaged relationship with Israel, Governor John Kasich replied without hesitation that Israel is our “deep friend,” one in which we have had an “enduring” relationship with.

Kasich, who attended Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to Congress in March, is a “very strong, emotional, supporter of Israel.”

Last night we also went to the ninth annual Rays of Light in the Darkness dinner hosted by the Endowment for Middle East Truth at the Grand Hyatt Washington. For 10 years, EMET has kept policymakers and the public informed about Middle East policies, Israel and Islamic terrorism.

The Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, which failed to pass a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives today, included bipartisan language by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) to fight the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Europe.…

On Wednesday, Brandeis Center President Kenneth L. Marcus and Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) President Sarah Stern educated congressional staff and others on the history, current status, and problems of Title VI of the Higher Education Opportunities Act. This year, the failed government program, which funds many controversial Middle East Studies outreach programs, is up for its tenth reauthorization.